Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc., in the British Museum / by H.R. Hall. Printed by order of the Trustees.

  • British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Date:
1913-
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Credit: Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc., in the British Museum / by H.R. Hall. Printed by order of the Trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1023. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type A 3. On the base is ^ cut a sphinx, couchant over a prostrate prisoner; in the field is the inscription “[Good] God-1 .ord of the Two Lands, [Men]-kheper-Ra (Thothmes III).” XVI11th dynasty, or later. Length, T9¥ in. [No. 40279.] 1024. Glazed steatite rectangular Plaque, faded to grey. On the front is cut the figure of a sphinx, couchant above a fallen prisoner; above the sphinx are the words ^ “Good God, Lord of the Two Lands” and in front of the group is the sign of “praise,” On the convex back is cut a cartouche, surmounted by plumes, containing the prenomen of Thothmes III. Ramesside Period. Length, f in. [No. 38610.] 1025. Green glazed steatite Scarab, faded to yellow, of type A 3. On the base is cut a royal sphinx, couchant above a prostrate enemy before a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III. Above are the signs ^ . Ramesside Period, or later. Length, f in. [No. 45854-] 1026. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to grey, of type A 4. On the base is rudely cut a sphinx, couchant above a prostrate enemy, and holding a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III. Above are the signs ^ -LA , “[Good] God, Lord of the Two Lands.” Chipped. XXth-XXIInd dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 45707.] 1027. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 3. On the base is rudely cut the same design as 1026. Chipped. XXth-XXIInd dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 45724.] 1028. Blue-green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A 3. On the base is rudely cut a winged royal sphinx, trampling on the prostrate body of an Asiatic, before a cartouche containing the prenomen of Thothmes III. XIXth dynasty, or later. Length, in. Petrie: Hist. Scarabs, 996. Salt Collection, 1835. [No. 3999.] 1029. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to ivory-white, of type is the prenomen of Thothmes III, in a cartouche without base, before a horse, emblematic of the king, trampling on a prostrate enemy ; above is inscribed ^ J , “Good God, Lord of the Two Lands,” and in front of the horse is the sign T. XIXth-XXIInd On the base dynasty. Length, -}-| in. 1030. Green glazed steatite Scarab, of type A, with raised body, the figure of a horse, trampling on the body of an Asiatic enemy. Above ds the sign ^7 (for , “Lord of the Two Lands”), and in front of the group is a cartouche containing the prenomen of THOTHMES III. Back broken off. From ed-Edwa (Fayyum). XIXth- XXIInd dynasty. Length, f in. [No. 46448.] On the base is cut [No. 13382.] 1031. Glazed steatite Scarab, faded to white, of type A 3. On the base is cut the figure of a horse,passant, above which is the prenomen of Thothmes III (Men-KHEPER-Ra), in a cartouche, over the ideograph sain, ^, “union.” To this are bound an Asiatic and a negro prisoner, and by its side are also the plants symbolic of Upper and Lower Egypt. In front of the royal horse is the figure of an Asiatic prisoner. Fine work. One side chipped. XVIIIth-XXIInd dynasty. Length, in. [No. 42424.]